My name is Kenyi Santino and I’m 23 years old. I was born in Terekeka, South Sudan to Mundari parents who are cattle herders by trade. I am their only son of nine kids! In 2006, one of my uncles, who fought as a freedom fighter, encouraged me to attend primary school in Yei, South Sudan because the quality of …
Teaching By Example
My name is Regina and I am a teacher, not by training but by experience, having put in over 20 years of teaching both in primary and secondary school levels. I was born in the southern part of Sudan and moved to Uganda in the 80s during the first war of liberation. It was a blessing in disguise in that …
Being Strong So Others Won’t Fear
Author: Martin the Security Guard Hi my name is Martin and I’ve been working as a security guard on Harvesters’ Yei Campus for several years now. As a guard, I take care of people. People can be afraid. So, I watch out carefully and try to be strong so others won’t fear. Things here in South Sudan are bad. I …
Delivered Out Of Darkness
Author: Michael Yemba My name is Michael Yemba and I was born and raised in what is now South Sudan. In 1993 my beautiful wife Rose and I married and began our life together in the Middle East. Unfortunately, one of the darkest times of my life happened there when I was arrested and imprisoned for my Christian beliefs. Facing …
A Plea For Prayer
Author: Agnes Alex My name is Agnes Tumalu Alex and I work as the nurse on Harvesters’ Terekeka campus. Since South Sudan’s independence, our country has been handicapped by the competing interests of powerful political actors and the factions and interests they represent – which has made many people, including me, face either crisis or emergency levels of insecurity. This …
Our Only Hope
Author: David Gama My name is David Gama and I am an alumni of Harvesters’ Primary School and Hannah Scholarship Program. Through these programs, I was afforded the opportunity to attend university and graduate with a degree in Community Health in 2015. In July 2016, I left my home town of Yei for Juba to visit with my relatives after …
An AutoHealer’s Hope
Author: John “Autohealer” Loki My name is John “AutoHealer” Loki and I’d like to share some of my feelings with you regarding the current situation in South Sudan… Every day when I think of South Sudan, it hurts. I thought our parents fought and that we’d be the generation to enjoy South Sudan, but to my surprise people are still …
A Part of the Solution
Author: James Bond Michael My name is James Michael and I want to share with you my story. I have lived in desperation. My mom died during child labor when I was 6 years old because there were no maternal hospitals at the time, and my dad died with a strange illness which caused him to lose weight til his …
Sacrificing Bitterness
Author: Ps. Hillary Kenyi My name is Pastor Hillary and I want to share with you a story of a fellow South Sudanese man (belonging to tribe “Y”), who witnessed his elder brother being killed by the members of tribe “Z”. He grew up with bitterness in mind and a feeling of revenge. Any time he’d see a “Z” tribe …
Expecting Peace
Author: Helen Yangi Simon My name is Helen Yangi Simon and I would like to share with you my thoughts and feelings on the current situation taking place in my country, South Sudan, as well as a request I have for you. Some years ago there was an ongoing war, which many of us my age didn’t directly experience but …